Lot 177
  • 177

Attributed to Theodore Wendel

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Theodore Wendel
  • Ring Around a Rosy
  • inscribed Caricature painted by Theo Wendel for Burlesque exhibition in . . . in via Guelph Christmas 1880 (on the reverse)
  • oil on board
  • 12 1/4 by 23 inches
  • (31.1 by 58.4 cm)

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above, 1984)
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992

Condition

Surface: in generally good condition aside from cracking scattered throughout, some pigment separation around orange sock at left, and thick old varnish throughout. UNDER UV: Several scattered dots and dashes of inpainting; upper corners inpainted.
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